Right.
The day the inlaws came to stay with me and the heavily pregnant wife, the mice deicded to chew through the plastic elbow joints underneath the boiler upstairs. The results were some water, a lot of panic, lamshades falling off the ceiling followed by a ceiling collapse in the downstairs loo.
Rodents had moved in after the two killer cats moved out from next door. We then laid poisoned bait to stop the midnight scrabbling behind the skirting boards. The bait makes them thirsty so they then chew through your pipes.
We then bought 3 sonar scarers, and we now have two freshly dead but very cute furry rodents, paws up, in the airing cupboard.
Taking dead things out of the hosue is a 'blue' job for reference fellas!
Cheers
Al.